POST data with request module on Node.JS

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EDIT: You should check out Needle. It does this for you and supports multipart data, and a lot more.

I figured out I was missing a header

var request = require('request');
request.post({
  headers: {'content-type' : 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'},
  url:     'http://localhost/test2.php',
  body:    "mes=heydude"
}, function(error, response, body){
  console.log(body);
});

When using request for an http POST you can add parameters this way:

var request = require('request');
request.post({
  url:     'http://localhost/test2.php',
  form:    { mes: "heydude" }
}, function(error, response, body){
  console.log(body);
});

I had to post key value pairs without form and I could do it easily like below:

var request = require('request');

request({
  url: 'http://localhost/test2.php',
  method: 'POST',
  json: {mes: 'heydude'}
}, function(error, response, body){
  console.log(body);
});

If you're posting a json body, dont use the form parameter. Using form will make the arrays into field[0].attribute, field[1].attribute etc. Instead use body like so.

var jsonDataObj = {'mes': 'hey dude', 'yo': ['im here', 'and here']};
request.post({
    url: 'https://api.site.com',
    body: jsonDataObj,
    json: true
  }, function(error, response, body){
  console.log(body);
});

var request = require('request');
request.post('http://localhost/test2.php', 
    {form:{ mes: "heydude" }}, 
    function(error, response, body){
        console.log(body);
});